collect reflections

    Tuesday of Holy Week: A Collect Reflection

    Posted on April 7, 2020
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    O Lord our God, whose blessed Son gave his back to be whipped and did not hide his face from shame and spitting: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and…

    Monday of Holy Week: A Collect Reflection

    Posted on April 6, 2020
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    Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the Cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,…

    Holy Saturday and the Easter Vigil: A Collect Reflection

    Posted on April 20, 2019
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    Holy Saturday O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen….

    Good Friday: A Collect Reflection

    Posted on April 19, 2019
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    Good Friday Begins with Asking God Every collect makes a request. After all, the essential act of any prayer is asking. It may at first seem selfish—shouldn’t prayer be about giving thanks? Remember Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14). The Pharisee’s prayer was one of thanks; namely, he thanked God that…

    Maundy Thursday: A Collect Reflection

    Posted on April 18, 2019
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    Maundy Thursday Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who lives and reigns with you…

    All Saints’ Day: A Collect Reflection

    Posted on October 31, 2018
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    Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical Body of your Son: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus…

    Week of the Sunday from October 23 to October 29: A Collect Reflection

    Posted on October 27, 2018
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    Doomsday Politics If your Facebook feed or your mailbox haven’t already clued you in, Election Day is quickly approaching. The midterm elections bring with them a renewed enthusiasm for partisan shoving matches and giddy mudslinging from both sides. What strikes me in the last several turns of this electoral merry-go-round is the increasingly dire tone…